Contributed by ray on from the crash-test-dummies dept.
Please help Theo shake out those nasty kernel bugs!There is this diff that has been floating around in developer circles that has already uncovered two bugs.
The kernel has two main memory allocators; a kernel malloc and a pool allocator. The kernel malloc has a variety of corruption checking components, but the pool allocator has traditionally been weak in this department.
It is not yet clear if we want to commit this since it is a bit expensive. That said, this is in snapshots. But it sure would be nice if people who are interested run this themselves, especially if they are running into kernel bugs.
Thanks.
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By Anonymous Coward (85.19.213.88) on
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By Tobias Weingartner (68.148.4.19) on
that is a good thing IMHO. Corruption sometimes only shows up after an
extended up time. Other times it shows up right away.
By Steven (142.179.226.243) steven_schneider@telus.net on
Please feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken.
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By phessler (phessler) on http://theapt.org
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> Please feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken.
Yes, it is in snapshots. Please run with it both in your normal duties, and try to abuse it (as you defined abuse :) ).
By dcoppa (195.35.99.31) on
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By Insan Praja SW (202.90.194.171) on
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I use november 11th 2008 source-tree, compile it on my routers.. it's fine so far.. I've noticed faster reboot on my machine and more windows on the systat.. nice